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Aichi Cancer Center

In research, Aichi Cancer Center stands highest in Medicine (#1,941 of 10,443 worldwide), Health Sciences (#2,792 of 11,982 worldwide) and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine (#597 of 1,144 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Oncology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Surgery — Oncology is 16.6× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#8,569
of 28,054 · #4,275 all time
Rank in Japan
#219
of 1,070
Research works
4.8k
▲ 13% vs 2013–17
Citations
137k
28.3 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
15.1%
record average 16.5%
Open access
39%
world 28%

What is Aichi Cancer Center known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
MedicineField #1,941 of 10,443 14.7%389 #843
Health SciencesDomain #2,792 of 11,982 14.6%398 #1153
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield #597 of 1,144 15.9%97 #304
SurgerySubfield #1,110 of 1,816 15.8%78 #825
OncologySubfield #518 of 772 14.8%91 #248
Life SciencesDomain #5,754 of 7,800 16.5%68 #2730

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Aichi Cancer Center sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Medicine#843 #1,941
  2. Health Sciences#1,153 #2,792
  3. Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine#304 #597
  4. Surgery#825 #1,110
  5. Oncology#248 #518
  6. Life Sciences#2,730 #5,754
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Aichi Cancer Center specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Oncology takes 16.6× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. OncologySubfield · 91.5 works17×
  2. Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineSubfield · 96.8 works13×
  3. SurgerySubfield · 77.8 works6.8×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 2.15× its world share, 56 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 1.70× its world share, 8 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.22× its world share, 2 worksNeurosciencePharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutics: 0.42× its world share, 1 worksPharmacology, Toxico…Chemistry: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.14× its world share, 5 worksComputer ScienceEngineering: 0.07× its world share, 5 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.03× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.04× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 0.66× its world share, 7 worksPhysics and AstronomyDentistry: 0.68× its world share, 2 worksDentistryHealth Professions: 0.37× its world share, 5 worksHealth ProfessionsMedicine: 4.14× its world share, 389 worksMedicineNursing: 0.48× its world share, 1 worksNursingVeterinary: 1.25× its world share, 1 worksVeterinaryEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.27× its world share, 3 worksEconomics, Econometr…Psychology: 0.03× its world share, 0 worksPsychologySocial Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 1 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Medicine, 4.1×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Aichi Cancer Center?

Ranked on the composite score, Yasushi Yatabe, Kei Muro and Kazunari Misawa lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Aichi Cancer Center.

  1. 1 Yasushi Yatabe Japan · #5,121 worldwide 1.3k citations · 141 works
  2. 2 Kei Muro Japan · #9,123 worldwide 1.1k citations · 162 works
  3. 3 Kazunari Misawa Japan · #12,456 worldwide 931 citations · 46 works
  4. 4 Hiroji Iwata Japan · #14,687 worldwide 1.1k citations · 122 works
  5. 5 Yasuo Morishima Japan · #43,017 worldwide 244 citations · 48 works
  6. 6 Toyoaki Hida Japan · #62,418 worldwide 323 citations · 78 works
  7. 7 Keitaro Matsuo Japan · #71,555 worldwide 1k citations · 203 works
  8. 8 Miki Watanabe Japan · #78,305 worldwide 280 citations · 41 works
  9. 9 Ikuko Kato Japan · #80,161 worldwide 189 citations · 29 works
  10. 10 Teruyo Sakakura Japan · #85,857 worldwide 267 citations · 27 works
All ranked researchers at Aichi Cancer Center

Which keywords describe research at Aichi Cancer Center?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Chemotherapy, Clinical Practice Guidelines, Neoadjuvant Therapy, Immunotherapy, Radiotherapy, Prognostic Factors, Survival Analysis and Tumor Microenvironment.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Chemotherapy106▲ 31×23 topics
  2. Clinical Practice Guidelines47▲ 18×12 topics
  3. Neoadjuvant Therapy46▲ 40×5 topics
  4. Immunotherapy45▲ 13×18 topics
  5. Radiotherapy41▲ 22×12 topics
  6. Epidemiology39▲ 2.0×66 topics
  7. Prognostic Factors37▲ 17×14 topics
  8. Survival Analysis36▲ 27×6 topics
  9. Tumor Microenvironment33▲ 15×7 topics
  10. Endoscopic Resection33▲ 67×2 topics
  11. Molecular Characterization31▲ 36×6 topics
  12. Adjuvant Therapy31▲ 50×2 topics
  13. Targeted Therapy30▲ 27×4 topics
  14. Breast Cancer25▲ 22×10 topics
  15. Gastric Cancer25▲ 44×3 topics
  16. Surgical Management24▲ 12×13 topics
  17. Clinical Trials24▲ 7.2×11 topics
  18. Quality of Life23▲ 3.3×22 topics
  19. Cetuximab22▲ 54×2 topics
  20. Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy22▲ 53×2 topics
  21. Lymph Node Dissection22▲ 75×1 topic
  22. Metastatic Gastric Cancer22▲ 75×1 topic
  23. Cancer21▲ 3.2×40 topics
  24. Preoperative Chemoradiotherapy19▲ 50×2 topics
  25. Molecular Subtypes18▲ 43×3 topics
  26. Precision Medicine18▲ 7.7×7 topics
  27. Chemoradiation17▲ 55×2 topics
  28. Pancreatic Cancer17▲ 32×2 topics
  29. Gemcitabine17▲ 48×1 topic
  30. Surgical Complications17▲ 43×1 topic
  31. Cholangiocarcinoma17▲ 43×2 topics
  32. PET Imaging16▲ 19×4 topics
  33. Prognosis16▲ 9.6×7 topics
  34. Survival15▲ 23×4 topics
  35. Surgery15▲ 8.8×9 topics
  36. Metastasis15▲ 8.9×12 topics
  37. Treatment Guidelines14▲ 14×5 topics
  38. Tumor Markers14▲ 36×2 topics
  39. Genomic Profiling14▲ 27×2 topics
  40. Prognostic Markers13▲ 26×3 topics

Which research topics does Aichi Cancer Center publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes, Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research, Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations and Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies.

Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes: 22 fractional worksPancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research: 17 fractional worksLung Cancer Treatments and Mutations: 13 fractional worksColorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies: 11 fractional worksGallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders: 11 fractional worksEsophageal Cancer Research and Treatment: 11 fractional worksHead and Neck Cancer Stu…11Head and Neck Cancer Studies: 11 fractional worksCancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers: 10 fractional worksCancer Genomics and Diagnostics: 9 fractional worksLung Cancer Diagnosis an…9Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment: 9 fractional works
Pulmonary and Respiratory MedicineOncologySurgeryOtorhinolaryngology1 others

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Gastric Cancer Management and Outcomes Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 22 works
  2. 2 Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research Oncology 17 works
  3. 3 Lung Cancer Treatments and Mutations Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 13 works
  4. 4 Colorectal Cancer Treatments and Studies Oncology 11 works
  5. 5 Gallbladder and Bile Duct Disorders Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 11 works
  6. 6 Esophageal Cancer Research and Treatment Surgery 11 works
  7. 7 Head and Neck Cancer Studies Otorhinolaryngology 11 works
  8. 8 Cancer Immunotherapy and Biomarkers Oncology 10 works
  9. 9 Cancer Genomics and Diagnostics Cancer Research 9 works
  10. 10 Lung Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine 9 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available39.1%not open60.9%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors10.7%domestic only89.3%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Aichi Cancer Center's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 13% higher than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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